I live in Camp Burkina, for serious
So if anyone was planning on visiting you'll be pleased to know you have your choices of accomodation, there's my house, and then there's the tourist camp on the other side of my village. You can imagine my suprise when I walked into this enclosed parc to visit a friend who also happens to be the cook, and said she could help translate something for me from Sonhrai to french, when I looked up to see a family of french tourists sitting around reading with their kids chasing a few chickens in the yard. I chose not to introduce myself, I didn't even know where to begin "Hi, My name is Roukietou, I live down the street", so I translated my piece and went on my way. The poeple who work there have actually proven very motivated in collaborating with me on development work so if you can get a french/english translator you can read up on what the organization does in the four villages throughout Burkina where they have camps set up.
http://www.tourisme-dev-solidaires.org/
And I thought I would share some pictures of my new home:
http://www.tourisme-dev-solidaires.org/misc/Koirezena/galerie.html
Don't worry, more will be coming from my point of view cause I have never seen that tomato salad in my village. But I do know the woman who is carrying a tray on her head is named Lela, she speaks great french and has a baby boy who has dimples, I guess that's one of the differences between me and a tourist. But a taste is better than nothing, so come on down, the weather's great!
http://www.tourisme-dev-solidaires.org/
And I thought I would share some pictures of my new home:
http://www.tourisme-dev-solidaires.org/misc/Koirezena/galerie.html
Don't worry, more will be coming from my point of view cause I have never seen that tomato salad in my village. But I do know the woman who is carrying a tray on her head is named Lela, she speaks great french and has a baby boy who has dimples, I guess that's one of the differences between me and a tourist. But a taste is better than nothing, so come on down, the weather's great!
Name: Caitlin
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